Descriptive Transcript: Making of Ben Johnston’s IT COMES IN WAVES

This is a descriptive transcript for: Making of Ben Johnston’s IT COMES IN WAVES 

[DESCRIPTION: A close-up shot of a person’s head and hands welding a piece of metal; white light illuminates the scene. Subtle music plays in the background.] 

[TEXT ON SCREEN: IT COMES IN WAVES by Ben Johnston] 

[DESCRIPTION: A poster featuring modern art reads “Cosmo Trevor.”] 

[DESCRIPTION: A series of large alphabetical letters spelling IT COMES IN WAVES appear on the screen, followed by various shots of people using tools on aluminum surfaces.] 

[DESCRIPTION: Two individuals walk into a room containing a structure loaded with large alphabetical letters; the shot is taken from above.] 

[DESCRIPTION: The screen fades to black, and the letter S glows in the dark, followed by other letters glowing together in the dark from the IT COMES IN WAVES artwork.] 

[DESCRIPTION: The scene transitions to a bright day; an individual is seen carrying the letters S and then W.] 

[DESCRIPTION: A person holds the letter T while another fixes it onto an aluminum panel, with Lake Ontario in the background.] 

[DESCRIPTION: A shot looking out toward the water from inside a large alphabetical letter C. Letters already installed in the water spell “IT.”] 

[DESCRIPTION: Various shots show a group of people moving the large IT COMES IN WAVES letters, assembling them on aluminum panels, and carrying them into the water with the help of canoes to install and float the artwork.] 

[DESCRIPTION: In the final scene, IT COMES IN WAVES is seen floating on the water from different angles, with the sky in the background.] 

[DESCRIPTION: A dark night sky gleams in the background as credits appear on the screen.] 

[TEXT ON SCREEN: Fabrication: Top Top PROJECTS, Cosmo DEAN + Trevor WHEATLEY 

Film: Elisa GILMOUR 
Composition: Kyle MCCREA 
Additional Footage: Julia HENDRICKSON + Cosmo DEAN + Jonathan GAZZE 
Installation: Nelson FOOTMAN + Oliver ROBERTS 
Welding: Sean GRIFFIN + Zach BESNER 
Wiring: Phil PAX] 

[DESCRIPTION: The screen holds momentarily in black as the music fades out.]